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Showing posts with label Pregnancy Calendar. Show all posts

Chinese Pregnancy Calendar

Pregnancy is known to be one of the most cherished and lovely moments in a woman's life. It is a special kind of joy and enjoyment when you come to know that someone little and cute is living inside your growing stomach. The most exciting of all moments is the time when the baby starts moving making a tickling feeling inside turning upside down and hitting with his legs. These experiences are to last for even for each and every mother. Apart from the mother, this kind of special feeling brings a special pride and joy to the father-to-be as well. Even though he cannot experience it completely, he makes himself secure and joyful from the happiness and enjoyment that he sees in his wife. These are nature’s laws which makes even the father recognize and happy of the baby inside.

It would be simply a mystery as to guess the gender of the baby developing inside. If you are to find out the gender, one was is to depend on the Chinese Pregnancy Calendar. With the highest population in the world, they seem to be aware of the birthing facts and principles. Chinese traditions and cultures are world famous and are also adopted by people across the globe.

The Chinese pregnancy calendar is also known as Chinese Pregnancy Chart or Chinese Conception Chart or Chinese Pregnancy Calendar. It is used for determining the sex of the baby whether the mother would conceive a boy baby or a girl baby. The Chinese blindly believe in the calendar and they also suggest that it is cent percent accurate. The Chinese Pregnancy Calendar solely depends on the conception month rather than the birth month. In addition to this, it also related it with the age of the mother during the conception time and then nine moths is added to the age to correct it with the lunar calendar.

People know very little about the working of the calendar as it depends on the lunar calendar. For this, the first step is to take note of the age of the women at the time of conception. Next is the adjusting of the age to lunar calendar by adding nine months to her age. Then try to find the result on the left-hand column of the calendar. Later, the month when the baby was conceived is located along the top of the calendar. Finally, connect both the information to a meeting point where it would be named either ‘B’ which corresponds to boy or ‘G’ which corresponding to girl.

Even though the prediction by the Chinese calendar is assumed to be ninety nine percent, it is used only for fun and enjoyment these days. Therefore, it is always suggested to go for an ultrasound scan for accurate results at the eighth or ninth month rather than relying on the calendar. The Chinese Pregnancy Calendar is not a proven way for baby gender detection. Different people have different opinion regarding this unique technique used by the traditional Chinese. Relying on it is left to the individual himself.

Pregnancy Week Twenty-Four


Mother:

Your fundus (top of the uterus) reaches just above your navel! You are now aware of your baby's movements and may even be able to tell the sleep/wake cycles of your little one. It is important to recognize the signs of premature labor. Premature labor is actually more common in the summer months, thought to be caused by dehydration in some women, so continue drinking lots of water! Call your practitioner if you have any of the signs of premature labor.

Baby:

Your baby is almost completely formed, and is beginning to deposit brown fat on his or her body. The purpose of the brown fat is to retain body heat. Newborns are bad at regulating body temperature at first.

Babies born at this point have some chances of survival with very special care. They will be in the Intensive Care Unit, probably for many months. A major problem with premature babies is lung development.

S/he weighs in at 1 lb 5 ounces (595 grams) and 30 cms or 11.8 inches total length!

Twin Tips:

If your cervix measures less than 2.5 centimeters on ultrasound, you will probably be placed on bed rest to prevent preterm labor. If you're pregnant with quadruplets your uterus may already be measuring 40 centimeters.

Pregnancy Week 10


Mother:

You are still tired, and nauseated, hang on only a few more weeks for most of you! Your abdomen may begin to pooch out, but it will be more from bowel distension than the uterus. Your waistline is slowly disappearing! Remember to measure your waist and belly now! Comparing later can be a lot of fun!

Baby

The baby now enters it's fetal period. The average size is approximately 27-35 mm crown to rump length (CRL), or 1.06-1.38 inches. S/he weighs in at 4 grams, or 4 paper clips. Tiny toes have formed. The eyes are largely open, but the eyelids are beginning to fuse, and will stay that way until 25-27 weeks. External genitalia is beginning to differentiate. External ears are completely formed, as well as the upper lip. The biggest accomplishment this week is the disappearance of the tail!

Twin Tips:

Try to find a time to rest each day, it's a great start on alleviating stress and lack of sleep. Even if it's 20 minutes, it's good for you and the babies! Try a body pillow as your belly grows, this can help you make the most of your down time.

Pregnancy Calendar


This Pregnancy Calendar is trying to help you understand your pregnancy and the fetal development taking place week by week through your pregnancy including ultrasound pictures. You will find lots of pictures from the smallest embryo to the largest baby!

Pregnancy Week by Week

1Week:

Your last period has just started and you may be considering a pregnancy. Preconceptional health planning is a good idea. However, if you haven't started before now, make sure that you "act pregnant" until you know other wise. Taking a prenatal vitamin (available at most drug or grocery stores), with 0.4 mg of folic acid (to help prevent neural tube defects) is a good idea. Discontinuing any form of chemical birth control, and avoiding other chemicals such as: alcohol, tobacco (even second hand smoke), x-rays, over the counter medications, and even discussing the prescription medications you are currently taking..

Baby: As the uterus sheds it's lining, the hormones are preparing another egg for release.
Dad:
Many fathers-to-be also begin watching what they eat and drink. The health of dad does play an important role in baby's health and development. Now is the ideal time to stop smoking, develop some better eating habits and other healthful goals.

Twin Tips:

Early pregnancy ultrasound can usually diagnose multiple gestational sacs, and there by you know early on. However, early ultrasound can also miss an early multiple gestation. Some reports say that the appearance of sacs via ultrasound can be different by up to 4 days. Early ultrasound is also more helpful in determining how many sacs are present and whether or not your babies share the same sac (monoamniotic). Monoamniotic sacs occur only in identical babies and places the pregnancy at a higher risk for problems like cord entanglement.